Denmark insists on respect for territorial integrity after Trump appoints envoy to Greenland

COPENHAGEN — The Danish foreign minister said Monday his country insists that everyone, including the United States, must respect “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark” after President Donald Trump ‍announced the appointment of a ‌special envoy to Greenland, who said his goal would be to make the territory part of the U.S. Greenland's prime minister said that the territory is happy to cooperate with other countries, including the U.S., but stressed that “we decide our own future.” Denmark's foreign minister said in later comments to Danish broadcasters that he plans to summon the U.S. ambassador. Trump called repeatedly during his presidential transition and the early months of his second term for U.S. jurisdiction over Greenland, a vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island. In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting there. The issue gradually drifted out of the headlines